There's a Midterm. That will be a short answer test that's intended to give you a chance to show how diligently you've been reading and coming to class.

我们会有一个期中考，会有一张简答问卷,目的是能够让你们表现出,你们的勤劳，用功阅读和按时上课。

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I've got a really bad grade on my test.

我在一门测试中考了一个很差的成绩。

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People who did well in the Midterm would describe it in terms of their capacities or abilities.

期中考得好的同学会归因于,他们的能力或才能。

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If you screw it up we don't count it as much as if you do well.

你要是期中考砸了就给你在总评里降低期中比例

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Half of you did above average on the Midterm; half of you did below average on the Midterm, but if I went up and asked each of you why the answers would not be symmetrical.

你们当中有一半人期中考得比平均分高;,有一半期中考得比平均分低，但如果我去问你们为什么,答案会各有不同呢。

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